About Lesley
Lesley Eckhardt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with 27 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by addressing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and the everyday problems that get in the way of daily life. Lesley listens without judgment and helps people find practical next steps they can use right away.
She draws on a range of approaches to meet each person where they are.
Background and approach
Lesley uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live toward their values, cognitive-behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, and attachment-informed work to repair patterns in relationships. She also brings client-centered and dialectical behavior ideas when emotion regulation or communication skills are needed. Lesley has long experience in crisis counseling, school-based programs, therapeutic foster care, and adoption-related work.
That background gives her a working knowledge of family patterns, attachment concerns, and the stresses caregivers often face. She has supported people dealing with grief, sleep problems, anger, parenting strain, ADHD, and life transitions. In sessions she prefers clear, doable goals.
Conversations focus on what is happening now, what matters to the person, and small changes that build over time. Her approach balances practical strategies with attention to emotions and relationship patterns. Lesley offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She practices in Florida as an LCSW and brings years of front-line experience to each session.
Approach-driven care in online sessions
Lesley often uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes where someone wants a clearer sense of direction.She also incorporates attachment-based work to look at recurring relationship patterns and how early connections affect current bonds. That focus can help with communication problems, codependency, blended family concerns, and caregiving stress. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce distress and improve sleep, mood, or daily functioning.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Lesley will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, and then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays practical and meaningful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller session with visual cues. Phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life rhythms.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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